Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Youth Violence emerge in Chicago


As I watched on the CNN channel today, youth violence in Chicago is rising and becomes a big problem for this whole country. Attorney General Eric Holder met with Chicago's mayor and community leaders to discuss remedies for violent crimes involving young people. He said at a news conference: "Nearly two weeks ago, this nation was shocked, shocked by a video showing scenes of such graphic violence that they left an indelible mark in the mind of every American who has seen them."
He also said that 60 percent of the youngsters surveyed had been exposed to violence, directly or indirectly, in the past year; nearly half of the adolescents said they had been assaulted at least once, and more than one in 10 were injured as a result.
While watching this show, I was thinking that why violence is the first solution pop up in young people's minds to solve conflicts. It is true that exposure to violence on TV or in any other media badly affects their cognitive thinking and their behaviors. This is really the serious problem which can't be solved in a day but in a long run!
Source: CNN channel, Oct 7, 2009. Cabinet Officials, Chicagoans discuss ways to end teen violence.

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